Car Wash Attendant protocol. What works for you?

Old Aug 22, 2006 | 03:24 PM
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I am not taking my TCH though them.
 
Old Aug 22, 2006 | 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by montush
My TCH came with a little grey card (that can be attached to the steering wheel with a string) with "how to start" instructions printed both in English and Spanish.

I have saved it carefully and plan to use it in such situations.
Any chance you could scan the grey card and post it here?
 
Old Aug 22, 2006 | 05:00 PM
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Attendant?

I've owned 7 cars 4 of them Toyotas....the TCH is the only car I have ever hand washed......and I enjoyed doing it. LOL

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Old Aug 22, 2006 | 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by rpinchot
Any chance you could scan the grey card and post it here?
Knock your socks off.
J
 
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Old Aug 22, 2006 | 05:47 PM
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I say again, folks, dat be's lez french!


...as a sign of humility, if you kiss me on the lips right now, I will return to fwance and never race in nescar agaiyn.

--SHAKE N' BAKE !! THAT just happened !!

(those not yet graced with seeing the movie Talladega Nights will have ZERO idea what the last two comments above meant)
See the movie...although predictable, it is side splitting.
 

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Old Aug 22, 2006 | 06:21 PM
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I have washed my TCH once "by hand", once at a drive thru carwash, and once with what I think is a great car wash product - the Mr. Clean Autodry car wash system.

I bought the Mr. Clean carwash system a couple of weeks ago, and I am seriously thrilled with it. You really don't have to dry it - it dries with zero waterspots.

I also have a "california car duster" that really does a nice job of lifting off the dust and pollen that builds up on a daily basis. I use it every time I park it in the garage after it has been outside for any length of time. This way the inevitable rain shower won't leave dirty water spots like it would if the car was dusty.
 
Old Aug 22, 2006 | 06:25 PM
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I also have a "california car duster" that really does a nice job of lifting off the dust and pollen that builds up on a daily basis.
Does it work on tree sap and bird droppings? If yes where can I get one?
J
 
Old Aug 22, 2006 | 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by schmidtj
Does it work on tree sap and bird droppings? If yes where can I get one?
J
No and No. It is a duster with paraffin coated "yarn" making it up. The dust sticks to the paraffin. You just lightly run it over the surface - you don't scrub with it. I got mine at Autozone.

http://www.calcarduster.com/originalDuster.asp

I did have a nasty treesap deposit on my hood for an unknown amount of time. I tried scrubbing it off with my wash mitt, but made zero progress. I found out that denatured or rubbing alcohol works on treesap, so I tried it on a clean cotton rag, and it worked great. The only problem was that there was a spot where the sap seemed to leave a raised area of paint. It almost seemed like the paint bubbled under it. I don't think that the alcohol did it (but I can't be certain). (This is a moot point, though, since my hood is now being replaced after a deer collision last week Friday).
 
Old Aug 22, 2006 | 06:57 PM
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I'm no foreign language expert, but my guess is that "s.jpg" scanned
file (contained in schmidtj's zip file) is in French.

Can anyone confirm this? If this is the case, does anyone have
the version in Espaņol ?

Originally Posted by schmidtj
Knock your socks off.
J
 
Old Aug 22, 2006 | 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by rpinchot
I'm no foreign language expert, but my guess is that "s.jpg" scanned
file (contained in schmidtj's zip file) is in French.

Can anyone confirm this? If this is the case, does anyone have
the version in Espaņol ?
It is in French. If Eskimonio's post above hadn't been written in pseudo-redneck-french, this would have been clearer.
 

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